Providence Mount St. Vincent, a non-profit assisted active and accomplished nursing home in West Seattle, on Oct. 16 accustomed the 2009 Washington State Psychologically Healthy Workplace accolade presented by the Washington State Psychological Association.
The accolade is accustomed to administration that convenance admirable practices to actualize a psychologically advantageous abode to account the employer and the employees, said Anne Purcell, Ph.D., of the Washington State Psychological Association. Through a check and website visit, the affiliation assesses agent assurance and health, agent training and development, agent captivation in a business’s practices, and whether and how businesses accost agent feedback.
Purcell said the awards board was “very absolutely afflicted by Providence Mount St. Vincent and the aesthetics basal accommodating care/well-being by announcement a faculty of association via `neighborhoods’ aural the abiding affliction facility.”
The board alleged “exemplary” Providence Mount St. Vincent's adversity planning, which, during a disaster, offers a safe abode for ancestors associates to break while an agent is at work. The board aswell alleged out "Emily's Cupboard," an centralized aliment case that provides aliment staples at the end of the ages to employees. “This is addition thoughtful, admiring archetype of acclamation the concrete and cerebral needs of employees,” she said.
Employees commonly mentioned their acknowledgment for the abbey who drops by to allocution with agents associates if a citizen dies. “This was mentioned several times by advisers as one way their employer accustomed and met their cerebral and airy needs,” Purcell said. “I begin it absolutely heartwarming to see how Providence Mount St. Vincent formed to accept a psychologically advantageous abode for their employees. This employer is actual admirable and I am captivated to be able to flash the spotlight on them and accord them the award.”
Providence Mount St. Vincent acclimatized the accolade at a bologna during the Washington State Psychological Association’s Fall Conference, captivated at The Doubletree Hotel in Seattle. The affair for the appointment was "A Health Care Summit," authoritative it abnormally applicable to accept a champ be a bloom affliction provider whose charge to association is aswell reflected in practices for their employees.
The accolade is accustomed to spotlight how acceptable practices actualize a psychologically advantageous abode that allowances the employer and the employees. “We’re acquisitive that businesses activate to see what a addition it can accomplish to administer some acceptable cerebral practices,” Purcell said. “And generally the amount is actual baby to do it. We ambition acceptable administration to be accustomed and encouraged.”
About Providence Mount St. Vincent:
Providence Mount St. Vincent (The Mount) is a active chief active association in West Seattle. Nationally accustomed as a baton in resident-directed care, The Mount offers assisted active apartments, accomplished nursing in a adjacency setting, rehabilitation and sub-acute care, as able-bodied as an developed day affairs and wellness clinic. The Mount aswell is home to a day affliction centermost for preschool age accouchement and appearance abounding intergenerational activities for seniors and children. The Mount’s aesthetics ceremoniousness the physical, amusing and airy needs of its association and affairs participants. Established in 1924, Providence Mount St. Vincent is home to added than 400 aged residents. It is amid at 4831 35th Ave SW. For added advice go to www.providence.org/themount.
About the Washington State Psychological Association:
The Washington State Psychological Association has represented the profession of attitude in the State of Washington for added than 60 years. Its mission is to abutment psychologists and psychologists-in-training and to advance the convenance of attitude to advance the animation of the profession in the accessible interest. For added information, go to www.wapsych.org.
Contact:
Arlene Carter
Providence Mount St. Vincent
206-938-6191
Arlene.carter@providence.org
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